New businesses registered in Jamaica

5,393 companies were registered in Jamaica in 2024.

Measure: New businesses registered Unit: New limited liability companies Data: 2006 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jamaica, 2024 5,393 New limited liability companies
Change from 2023 +0.9% 2023: 5,346 companies

New businesses registered in Jamaica over time

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New limited liability companies. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

New businesses registered (new limited liability companies), 2006 to 2024
Period Jamaica
2024 5,393 companies
2023 5,346 companies
2022 5,485 companies
2021 4,915 companies
2020 3,975 companies
2019 3,820 companies
2018 3,159 companies
2017 2,733 companies
2016 2,543 companies
2015 2,226 companies
2014 1,775 companies
2013 1,948 companies
2012 1,946 companies
2011 1,898 companies
2010 2,020 companies
2009 2,058 companies
2008 2,137 companies
2007 2,028 companies
2006 1,963 companies

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9% from 5,346 companies in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,775 companies, the figure has changed by +203.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IC.BUS.NREG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2024 for Jamaica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Entrepreneurship Database